The
region's Street Smart safety campaign is offering tips for staying safe
this fall and winter. Every year, crashes involving pedestrians spike
during October, November and December. Read more.

MCDOT and DEP Remind
Residents to Keep Leaves out of Storm Drains and Streams

With Highway
Services’ annual leaf vacuum collection program underway, both
MCDOT and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
remind residents to help keep leaves out of storm drains. Read more.

MCDOT to Begin Constructing
Needwood Road Bike Path

The Montgomery
County Department of Transportation (MCDOT), Division of Transportation
Engineering (DTE), has begun construction of the Needwood Road
Bike Path, located on the south side of Needwood Road from Redland Road
to Deer Lake Road. Read more.

New Capital Bikeshare
Members Can Now Use Credit or Debit Cards as their "Key"

Capital
Bikeshare has unveiled a new feature that will provide
faster access to its system for new members and make it more convenient
for existing members. The innovative “Card as Key” feature allows new
Capital Bikeshare members to immediately begin checking out bikes at
any station in the system by using the credit or debit card they
charged to purchase their membership. Previously, new members had to
wait until they received their keys in the mail before they could begin
riding. Read more.

SHA Begins Drainage Project
on Connecticut Avenue

On
November 30 (weather permitting), the State
Highway Administration (SHA) will begin a drainage
improvement project to construct new channel gutters along southbound
Connecticut Avenue in Chevy Chase at the intersections of Woodbine
Street and Blackthorn Street. The project will address community
concerns about standing water after rainstorms. Read more.